Water-elevating device



V. MILES.

WATER ELEVATING DEVICE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 4.1919.

.Patented Aug. 19, 1919. ,I

VESTER MILES, OF PAGELAND, SOUTH CAROLINA WATER-ELEVATING DEVICE.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Aug. 19, 1919.

Application filed .Tune 4, 1919. Serial No. 301,668.

To all whom t may concern.'

Be it known that I, VESTER MILES, a c1t1- zen of the United States,residing at Pageland, in the county of Chesterfield and State of SouthCarolina, have invented certain new and useful Improvements inWater-Elevating Devices; and I do hereby declare the following to be afull, clear, and exact description of the invention, such as will enableothers skilled in the art to which it appertains to make and use the same, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to theletters and figures of reference marked thereon, which form a part ofthis specification.

This invention relates to new and useful improvements in water elevatingdevices and consists in the provision of a water actuated piston forreturning the same to its starting position after being elevated by acrank and chain mechanism.

The invention consists of a simple and eflicient device of this naturehaving various details of construction, combination and arrangement ofparts which will be hereinafter fully described, shown in theaccompanying drawings and then specifically defined in the appendedclaims.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawings which, with theletters of reference marked thereon, form a part of this application,and in which I have shown a central sectional view through theapparatus, parts being in elevation.

Reference now being had to the details of the drawings by numerals:

1 designates a tank which may be supported in any suitable manner, andis provided with an outer wall 1 spaced apart from the tank and servesas a means to protect the water from freezing, and said tank is providedwith a priming opening 1X through which water is introduced to start thedevice. 2 designates a pipe which is adapted to extend into a well orother source of supply of water which is to be elevated, and which leadsto and communicates with the top of thetank. A spring pressed valve 3 ismounted in the inlet end of the pipe entering the tank and serves toprevent water passing back through the pipe after having been elevated.A piston 4, suitably packed, is

mounted within said tank and is provided with a spring pressed valve 5regulatincr the openinff therein, and 6 is a stem to said-J piston whichpasses through a suitably packed gland 7 and has a weight 8 secured toits lower end. A pin 9 secured to the bar 6 has journaled thereon apulley 10.

A rope l1 has one end secured to the bottom of the tank and passesunderneath said pulley and over a pulley 12 and is adapted to wind abouta drum 13, to the spindle of which a crank arm 14 is fastened. A pipe 25leads from the bottom of the tank and is connected to a spigot 26affording means whereby water may be drawn from the tank.

In operation, when it is desired to fill the tank, the operator byturning vthe crank may raise the piston and when the handle is releasedthe weight is adapted to counterbalance not only the weight of thepiston, but the pressure of water against the same, and by alternatelyraising the piston and allowing the same to lower by gravity, the tankmay be filled and affording a source of supp ly which may be piped toany suitable location.

What I claim to Ibe new is:

1. A water elevating device, consisting of a cylindrical tank, and avalved pipe adapted to extend into a well and communicating with theupper portion of the tank, a valved piston within the latter, a stemfixed to said piston and movable through a suitably packed gland in thebottom of the tank, a weight secured to said stem outside the tank, andmeans for raising the piston and weight.

2. A water elevating device, consisting of a cylindrical tank, and avalved pipeadapted to extend into a well and communicating with the uper portion of the tank, a valved piston within the latter, a stem fixedto said piston and movable through a suitably packed gland in the bottomof the tank, a weight secured to said stem outside the tank, a chainfastened at one end, pulley upon the piston stem under which said chainpasses, and a pulley fastened to the tank over which the chain passes,and a drum about which the chain is adapted to wind.

In testimony whereof I hereunto affix my signature.

VESTER MILES.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for ve cents each, by addressingthe Commissioner of Patents, Washington, D. C.

